Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

8 reviews

badmom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Medical trauma, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Infertility, Infidelity, Cancer, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Gun violence

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

4.0

Nina's husband Jake is missing. That's about the only thing we know is true. Nina's friend and coworker Lily told her husband Christian that Jake attacked her and she fought back. But is that really the truth? 

I enjoyed the audio version of this book. I did figure out most of the mysteries early on

I figured out that Ryan was into Nina and that Jake and Lily were having an affair. It was pretty obv ous that Lily was lying. Why would you be so scared to go to the police if he actually attacked you?

However, I didn't think that

Nina's mom was the one who killed Jake! I should have guessed it though because there were a lot of clues pointing to her.

I found it to be a bit repetitive and found that Lily and Christian made some decisions that made no sense at all. I get Christian wanting to protect his wife, but I was really annoyed with so many decisions he made.

Why would you put the bloody clothes in a neighbours garbage?

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gun violence

haveyouseencass's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Cancer, Blood, Stalking, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, and Murder

sstewart89's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, and Medical content

Moderate: Stalking and Gun violence

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Sexual content

jmkendall0218's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Stalking, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I mean this was fine. It was kind of slow and boring. Most of it I did see coming except one thing, but at that point I was just like whatever about the story. I also hate how we can’t have just a happy couple to be honest like the affair did not even make sense. Honestly I would probably skip this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Infidelity, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic friendship, Infertility, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I was really excited to read this when I hear it came out. I completely adored "Local Woman Missing" by this author so I was really ecstatic about her new release. Sadly, this book fell short for me. I wasn't on the edge of my seat at all for the plot.

They already set up the fact that Lily killed Jake so there was no mystery element to this book until towards the end when he find out that he was killed by a gun.

. The ending was pretty abrupt too. And some parts were left for inference when we could've just been told what happened. It didn't need to be as ambiguous as it was. Also didn't find the "twist" all that exciting or surprising either. It was one of my predictions. I remember reading a similar twist in one of Alice Feeny's books. Nothing came as a surprised to me which was similar to when I was reading "Local Woman Missing". However with that book I felt like there were more twists and turns and emotions involved which is why I loved it because although it was simple crazy things still happened and I really felt for the characters. I just didn't really feel connected to the characters in this one. Although this book was a letdown it wasn't terrible by any means. It was a decent book but I'd categorize as more of a mystery than a thriller because I didn't really find anything "thrilling" about this book. Oh and also the prologue is so useless. Like it literally had nothing to do with the book. I had an okay time but it's not something I'd ever pick back up again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Infertility, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Vomit